Babies get wrapped in Pendleton trade blankets. At Native American ceremonies and giveaways, the gift of choice is usually Pendleton blankets. Pendleton blankets are given to returning veterans who ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...

Chief’s Blanket, Navajo Nation (1865-1870); Warp: native handspun wool, Weft: native handspun wool and raveled wool; Gift of Rex and Pat Lucke (All images courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial ...

An east-side gallery is showing about 30 rare Navajo blankets, most of which are for sale. But you better bring plenty of spending money if you want to take one home. The blankets range in price from ...

A new exhibit at Colonial Williamsburg’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum will give visitors a look at blankets and rugs crafted by 19th-century Navajo artisans when it opens later this summer ...

Even if they did not realize it, the Navajo women were weaving their story of survival into their art. In a unique collection of Navajo weavings at Colonial Williamsburg, some of the earliest blankets ...

Although their name is unknown, a Navajo weaver made this wearing blanket between 1860 and 1865. The School for Advanced Research acquired it in 1931, and it’s in the collection of SAR’s Indian Arts ...

They stymie folks with heavy clay soils because the blanketflowers are allergic to excessive moisture. This is why they are showing up in arid landscapes all over the West. Few perennials are as able ...

GREENWICH — By the time she was 22, Margaret Cranford had seen the grand capitals of Europe, the antiquities of Greece and the exotic delights of Egypt. But it was the deceptively simple beauty of the ...

(AP) The late American crooner Andy Williams, famous for easy-listening hits such as Moon River and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year from his beloved Christmas TV specials, had a passion for Navajo ...

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The late American crooner Andy Williams, famous for easy-listening hits such as "Moon River" and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from his beloved Christmas TV specials, had a ...